thanks SRS

I can't find any definite answers to the legal part, but what I've found is

1. Papaver somnium is the opium poppy.
2. You can legally own the seeds or the pods, but you can't legally grow the poppies.
3. Most poppies you see in gardens are opium poppies.
4. Even if you legally own some pods you can't legally make tea with them.
5. There's lots of places you can buy seeds and growing advice on the net.

I think Bierce spoke of "Father Antic, the Law," and a Dickens character said "The law is a ass."

there's probably material for a whole thread here.

clint